This small dressing box descended in the Derby family and is likely one of three listed in the inventory of Oak Hill. The carving of the mirror frame and supports are by Samuel McIntire. The cabinetmaker who crafted the box-with its radiating inlay of alternating dark mahogany and lighter satinwood-is unknown, but this patterned effect and the central, painted-shell inlay relate to Elizabeth Derby's demilune (half moon) commode, on view in the adjacent gallery.